Proverbs 4 › verse
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Wisdom, understanding and instruction
Original words
Memory passages these point to
J-26 Proverbs 23:15-26J-69 Proverbs 1:5-23J-70 Proverbs 3:14-15P-23 Job 23:8-12P-29 Proverbs 23:15-26P-66 Proverbs 3:13-15S-1 James 1:2-5S-23 Job 23:1-17S-28 Proverbs 23:17-26S-70 Proverbs 1:5-23S-71 Proverbs 3:13-16
Cross-references 14
Get wisdom 9
- Proverbs 1:22-23 J-69 Proverbs 1:5-23S-70 Proverbs 1:5-23
22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. 23Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
- Proverbs 2:2-4
2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; 3Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, 4If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
- Proverbs 3:13-18 Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 3:14Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 3:16Proverbs 3:17Proverbs 3:18J-70 Proverbs 3:14-15P-66 Proverbs 3:13-15S-71 Proverbs 3:13-16
13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; 14For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold. 15She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. 16Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor. 17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.
- Proverbs 8:5
5O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
- Proverbs 17:16
16Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, Since he has no heart for it?
- Proverbs 18:1
1A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment.
- Proverbs 19:8
8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good.
- Proverbs 23:23 J-26 Proverbs 23:15-26P-29 Proverbs 23:15-26S-28 Proverbs 23:17-26
23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
- James 1:5 S-1 James 1:2-5
5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
neither decline from the words of my mouth 4
- 2 Chronicles 34:2
2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Job 23:11 P-23 Job 23:8-12S-23 Job 23:1-17
11My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
- Psalms 44:18
18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
- Psalms 119:51, 157
51The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
157Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.